It Would Be Better to Ban Politicians
While fireworks face being banned to keep them out of the hands of the stupid, at each election ballot papers are thrust into those same hands with potentially worse consequences.
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The Fractal Nature Of True Competition
It has always been like this. Any war, sport or politics is never the full truth. Competition is fractal. There is no ‘bad guy’ and no ‘good guy’.
Mamdani, NY and the Socialist Test
To hell with the measles and whooping cough, what we need is a mass vaccination programme against socialism.
Kicking in the Clubhouse Door
One Nation is poised to upset the two-party establishment.
The Last Generation for Whom Democracy Worked
The Baby Boomers got everything they voted for – no wonder they keep on voting.
The Libertarian Victory in Argentina
The success of La Libertad Avanza has delivered Javier Milei a firm mandate to accelerate the pace of his libertarian reforms.
The Great Fireworks Debate And The ‘Nanny State’
You’re welcome to leave the house at any time. But there is no God outside, just you and the consequences of your actions. Is that what you want? Are you sure?
The Striking Teacher’s Demands Have Been Leaked
So what exactly do our performative pedagogues want?
Why Does Humanism Throw in the Towel?
There’s no reason Christians should be left to do the heavy lifting against leftist lunacy.
Back and Forth: A Whipsaw Democracy
A parliament that pulls one way this year and then pushes back in the opposite direction next year is courting its own demise.
New Japanese PM Is No Iron Lady
The comparison of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to Margaret Thatcher is largely inaccurate, confusing Takaichi’s uniquely Japanese nationalism with Thatcher’s British patriotism.
How to Hide a Truth in Plain Process
There are no secrets, but, if there were, no one knows anything about them. And this is the point. This is how secrecy works in a modern process organisation.
The BSA Is Coming For You
The BSA’s reasoning, such as it is, takes a very broad definition of ‘broadcasting’. So broad in fact it could be used to restrict what New Zealanders say in many commonplace situations…
The Winds of Change Are Stirring on the Centre-Right
A renaissance for One Nation and a shift of the Overton window.
The BSA’s Power Grab Attempt
The impresarios of moral outrage are poised to deliver the internet into the hands of the Broadcasting Standards Authority.
What a Nightmare in Victoria
Given the choice between the mad cow throwing around my money and the opposition leader promising you’ll be searched for walking down the street, I’ll probably vote Libertarian.